United Kingdom

Requests by the numbers

Removal requests from July to December 2013

Compliance rates in July to December 2013

Google’s compliance rate for requests which include a court order:
42%

Note that frequently court orders included with requests do not compel Google
to take any action. Rather, they often result from a dispute with a third party
and are submitted by the requesting user as evidence to support their claim
that we should remove the content.

Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law
enforcement: 47%

Reasons for removals in July to December 2013

Reason

%

Total Removals

Defamation

22%

29

Privacy and Security

21%

28

Bullying/Harassment

14%

18

Other

14%

18

Violence

9%

12

Trademark

8%

10

Adult Content

3%

4

National Security

3%

4

Copyright

2%

3

Obscenity/Nudity

2%

3

Reason Unspecified

2%

2

Suicide Promotion

1%

1

Breakdown of all of the requests we received during the reporting period.